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Murphy's Law
01:57
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Try to live your life
Like Murphy's Law
Where everyday will bring
Another flaw
Where what you say
Goes straight out the door
Try to live your life
Like Murphy's Law
I still live my life
Like Murphy's Law
With my head hard-pressed
Upon the floor
After another way
It goes wrong some more
Try to live your life
As Murphy's Law
Then you'll see
Where I'm coming from
And why I do believe
That there needs to be
Somebody out there
To rescue me
You all tell me
To be stronger
To get up off my knees
That eventually
There will be something
To please me
Try to live your life
Like Murphy's Law
Where every day
Will close another door
Where what you do
Counts as a negative score
Try to live your life
Like Murphy's Law
I said
Try to live your life
Like Murphy's Law
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2. |
Count to Ten
03:37
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Oh, Stephanie works
At the ice cream shop
She's scared for the day
When her heart, it stops
But there's a beat that beats
It doesn't beat a beat for her
The dark birds on the horizon
Are circling through the blur
CHORUS:
Count to ten
It'll start again
One more dream before it ends
Count to ten
Then start again
More happens now
Than it did then
Oh, Kelly wakes
With ringing in her ears
She's bemused by the sounds from last night
That she still hears
But the beat doesn't beat
It doesn't beat like the beat before
Her bob haircut in the memory
Of a bearded man across the floor
CHORUS
Oh, Amy's going down
Free falling through this hole
Many years ago, she stopped
Burrowing through her soul
But there's a beat that beats
But the beat won't beat to loud
A fickle smile will pierce the
Dark and dusty cloud
CHORUS (x2)
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3. |
Troubles
03:14
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Where
Where do I run to?
It's crashing around
My sense of life and limb
Where
Where do I turn to?
It's tearing apart
My willingness to live
CHORUS:
But troubles come
And troubles stay
Trouble seem to
Know my name
You're surrounded
We see you
I stand there stunned
What do I do?
Where
Where do I run to?
To facilitate my time
My space, my mind
Where
Where do I turn to?
To resurrect my space
My heart, my face
CHORUS
So cup your hands
And wrap your arms
Your ugly boyfriend’s
Got no charms
Drain your eyes, babe
And tap your feet
You're losing your
Right to speak
So cup your hands
And wrap your arms
Your foolish head
Sounds its alarms
Drain your eyes, babe
And tap your feet
February fifth
I lay in the street
CHORUS
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4. |
Back Seat Driver
05:10
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If life were a car
I'm sure I'd need a back seat driver
'cause I don't know
What I'm doing
Half the time
If life were a car
I'd have GPS navigation
'cause I don't know
Where I'm going
But I'll be fine
If life were a car
And I were in control
I'd have surely
Stalled the engine
Once or twice
If life were a car
There's no key in my ignition
And I'm calling on you...
CHORUS:
My back seat driver
Help me get home safe
Back seat driver
Talking in my ear
Back seat driver
Making my heart race
Back seat driver
Oh...
If life were a car
Mine would have four wheel steering
'cause I like
Extra control
Under my feet
If life were a car
Mine would need a service
'cause there's something
Not working
Quite right
If life were a car
I'd have a speeding ticket
For growing up
Much too fast
If life were a car
The upholstery's a little stained
And I'm calling for you...
CHORUS
You need to help me out
For I don't know where I'm going
You need to help me out
Because I'm halfway to insane
You need to help me out
For I don't know what I am thinking
You need to help me out
But it's too late
CHORUS
I'm not in control
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5. |
Reason to Breathe
06:25
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She's strutting around
This sweet brunette
I try – try to hide
It's no secret
My eyes are so fixated
I'ma find a way
Just to play it
She takes a few steps
My way
I'm in a debate
'bout what to say
I follow the curves
On her green dress
She's making me sweat
It's ridiculous
CHORUS:
Somebody get me a drink
For it might help me to think
Someone fetch me a dream
Make this moment for me please
It finally all makes sense
The bleeding and the consequence
I needed a reason to breathe
And she found me in this piece
Before I could even speak
I got a dry mouth
And my knees went weak
Why is this happening to me?
It's the kind of thing
From the movies
She told me she liked
My guitar
I played a few riffs
And I felt her heart
It was beating along
With the music
For a minute
Everything lifted
CHORUS
Whatever else can I call her
But a girl with no sense
Of order
The way to the middle
Was unclear
The dominant feeling
Was fear
Could this be a dictation
Of some other
Thoughtful fixation
Could it be so wrong
It's so right
I'll give you the answer
Tomorrow night
CHORUS
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6. |
Leading to Nowhere
02:49
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Backing down
In the face of it all
The rotting dead
The will to fall
The daily news
The traffic on Punt
You drink yourself stupid
While your heart's on the hunt
CHORUS:
It flows; and it goes
With a will to impair
Do you fight with the strange?
Do you try to repair?
A final result
Prior to the despair
It's another one
Of those things
That leads to
Nowhere
Keep fishing
While the waters are bleak
The trident riddle
That forces to seek
The blue sky horizon
The Nullarbor Plane
You feel like your dying
But your spirit is maimed
CHORUS
Leading to nowhere
Beyond our eyes
Leading to nowhere
Out of sight
CHORUS
I'm going nowhere
Won't you follow me to nowhere?
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7. |
Lazy Tomorrow
04:47
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Times for plenty
Times for change
Time for everything
To be so deranged
Times are stupid
Times; they're hot
I think it's time you gave it
All that you've got
CHORUS:
No longer will we be searching
For a lazy tomorrow
No longer do we have all this
Time to borrow
Time to give up the dream
Of a lazy tomorrow
It seems
Times are hard, yeh
Times are strange
Times so strenuous
Stuck in this cage
Time to speak out
Time to revolt
But time don't mean a thing
Without a result
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Next time around
It's all gonna be done
The same
Next time around
Well, that just ain't good enough
Next time around
Might not be too far away
There could be no next time
After today
Times are gone
Yeh, times have ceased
Time was much better when we
Were all in one piece
Times are ever-changing
And times they are so weak
Time ain't so promising
When the future is so bleak
CHORUS
BRIDGE
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8. |
Pulled and Pushed
04:23
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I’m no kind
Of genius
But I know where
I stand
I don’t know where
You’re getting off
Being with some other
Man
I’m no kind
Of genius
But I know about
Love
And I wish
I knew
What I was
Thinking of
CHORUS:
‘Cause when I met you
Hearts were alive
But in the end
Only yours would survive
Recreated, reinforced
Cracked and torn
And pulled and pushed
I’m no kind
Of mastermind
But I know
The story
I got my needs
I got my wants
And they’re all
Boring
I’m no kind
Of mastermind
But I know where
It hurts
So I reach inside
Your pockets
And fear for
The worst
CHORUS
I’m no kind
Of Genius
But I know what
This is
You ignored
My presence
And you acknowledged
His
I’m no kind
Of genius
But I know
My place
And I hope every
Time you're with him
You see
My face
CHORUS (x2)
Recreated, reinforced
Cracked and torn
And pulled and pushed
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9. |
Ol' Brown River
04:10
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There's always been
A healthy grin
When you think about
The heart of this town
So reach your thoughts
And gather 'round
As we raise our glasses
To the river brown
Ol' brown river
Don't you hold some dreams
A fate beside the science
So it seems
Ol' brown river
There's things that you bestow
More than this man
Will ever know
Before our landing
Came the spirit man and
He set his life along
The Birrarung
The greenest grass
Turned to concrete paths
Still this river holds
A song that must be sung
Ol' brown river
Don't you flow along the way
From Warburton on to Hobson's Bay
Ol' brown river
The ever-flowing stream
Backdrop to the Melbourne dream
You're filled with clay
And other things, but hey
A true icon you already
Have become
The years still pass
And your legacy; it lasts
Something that your colour overcomes
Ol' brown river
We celebrate your skin
A tribute to the waterway devine
Ol' brown river
Don't you dare go for a swim
As you take a trek
Along the river line
Ol' brown river
Don't you flow along the way
Through Warrandyte and Fairfield
All the way
Ol' brown river
Appreciate this rhyme
For there is still so much
That's left to say
Ol' brown river
We know you're here to say
Keep the mirror to this fine city
Day by day
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10. |
Flowers On Your Grave
05:07
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You had more heart
Than any man I know
Gave me all your care
And that just goes to show
I'll always sing for you
My girl, my best friend
I'll remember you
Until the very end
CHORUS:
You sat at my feet
As my guitar I played
You listened to every word
I ever had to say
You made my life so full
And I just feel
A part of me died
With you
You rested your chin
On my shoulder when I needed
Used your wet tongue
To methodically clean my hands
I'd pet your head and
I'd kiss your eyes
Everybody loved you
But that was not surprise
CHORUS
You couldn't talk
But you told me a million things
With your eyes, your face, your tail
Losing you; it stings
We hope that you
Like the life we gave
Let this song be
The flowers on your grave
CHORUS
And I just feel
A part of me died
With you
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Josh Forner Adelaide, Australia
Josh Forner is a two-time Australian Songwriting Contest short-listed artist
originally from
Melbourne.
Forner released his first album, the 11 track full-length LP, ‘Leading to
Nowhere,’ in March 2013.
He continues to work towards the creation and release of his
second full-length album, ‘A Crooked Point of View,’ from his new home in Adelaide.
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